Spike 2017

It has begun!

2016 Ice is OUT

Wow. So early this year! After a non-winter winter, it's not terribly surprising, though. Maybe we'll put the boat in this weekend. Hmmm.

No sign of a waterlevel spike, yet:

Spike 2015

Nothing so far!

Ice has started to melt:

Rid of That Damned Boat™

We're finally rid of That Damned Boat! After stubbornly refusing to start this Spring, and only getting it running through brute force, we decided it's time to cave and improve our transportation arrangements. We sold it to an industrious lad who, I hope, is able to repair all the stupid little things wrong with the motor. That wasn't for us.

Please be introduced to The New Boat™ (name possibly to be changed later, as it reveals its personality to us). It's clean, stable, starts like a dream, rides smooth, and most importantly carries all of our crap. I look forward to many happy years together.

Ice is out

The ice is out today and the ice boat has been recovered and towed to Harris Boatworks:

Spike 2014

It's that time of year. Major spike in the water levels this year! Peterborough is experiencing some considerable flooding.

Dirt should be easy!

Finding dirt to put into the poo-hole composting toilet should be easy, but it's not! It's hard!  It has to be fancy chi-chi dirt or your poo hole won't compost correctly. That's why the thieves at Envirolet get away with charging you $100 for a Box Of Dirt.

Thieves.

The Captain nearly had a seizure when he had to pay that much money for dirt. So, off we went to the Internet to mine it for wisdom. Bio-Let, another composting toilet manufacturing company, has the decency to put their dirt recipe online. It includes all manner of weird and exotic items, like high fibrous blond Canadian sphagnum peat moss, perlite, buckwheat hulls, and dried molasses.  Oh, how I wish that were a joke.

After a bit more digging, we've discovered that most potting soil contains the right kind of peat moss, perlite and garden-variety dirt. Sneaky buggers. Why didn't they just say "potting soil"?!

After still more digging, we've reached the point where we're browsing the inventory at farm co-op stores to source the remaining supplies for our dirt project. We've found everything so far except for the dried molasses. I can find it online, but nowhere that will ship to Canada. By Saturday. Because we are OUT of poo-hole chi-chi dirt, and if there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that you do Not want to mess with the harmony of your poo-hole. 

We're still going to have to pay for our fancy dirt, but we'll have a LOT more fancy dirt for the same price.

I really hope this doesn't screw up the poo-hole.